Ringing in the New Year 2012!

Last year: HERE

We did our traditional Waffles and Martenelli's while watching Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's on DVR.

 Lucas insisted on the orange table cloth - didn't care to fight it. 

 Cheers to health, wealth, and happiness!

 Nathan made chocolate chocolate chip waffles! Thanks Liz!

Hey look! I was there too!

Then we got dressed for church and did our pots and pans thing outside!

Then, I took the opportunity to take pictures of the kids, in their church clothes because their dresses were made by my mother in law...and they looked so cute!

 I need to add it was 33 degrees outside. Juliet was FREEZING!

 She smocked them. I am a sucker for smocking! 

Anything smocked!

Then we came in, warmed up, and talked about how we did on last year's goals.

Mostly, we did a pretty good job.

Here are last years goals:
V - Successful VBAC in Feb err - not so much, (Didn't get one in Dec either LOL) Sell $500 worth of Handmade items CHECK $630 total!!!!, Master Weekly Menu Notebook for the year including weekly prices and recipes. TRIPLE CHECK


N - Daddy Date Nights with school this didn't happen :(, Finish AAS MAY will be CHECKED, Backyard and Front Yards Haha, havinga hellacious pregnancy over the summer/fall this DID NOT happen!


L - Not get so worked up over little things, Keep up with his Reading - CHECK :)


B - Listen and Obey the first time, Learning to write the entire Alphabet - Almost a FULL CHECK


S - Potty Train, Learn to do her chores. CHECK


MCJE - to be born healthy, happy, and Bridget's color. Hahaha
^^^^ Well, JE was born a blondie so that was half right and MC ended up being MP and fulfilled the Bridget coloring...we got a two-fer last year!!

On the way to church (11am - our 1st time in 6 years being at 11am!!!) we talked about this year's goals.

Less Waste, Recycle More (as a family), 


V - Start Specials at Home, relinquish control when it comes to family things, haha.
N - Complete AAS, Backyard and Front Yards. Start Specials at Home
L - Complete Kindergarten and finish the ENTIRE Ready Freddy series.
B - Finish 3K move on to 4K and continue being a GOOD 4 year old.
S - Not be a terrible 3 year old, work on volume control.
J - Keep smiling, and to keep the blue eyes, and move to a toddler bed.
M - Come home from NICU and stay home. Grow, Feed and pack on the pounds. Also to stay healthy.

I have a few things I am going to do for myself when I turn 30, more on that later! Hehehe.

Then the kids went to their classes:

Lucas - CTR 5 with Brother Jacobs

Bridget - CTR 4 with Sister Breeden

To which Lucas shouted out "No fair!" (she was his teacher last year)

Scarlett - Sister Taylor and Nora and Nora's mom. Haha.

We had an interesting, super FAST, 2011.  Can't wait to see what 2012 brings!